Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

⭐ 7.5/10

(Originally written by Joseph)

Loved a lot in this one. I think it's hard to watch this and not think about all the videos and articles saying how painstaking this movie was, taking years to do all the stop-motion and everything, but I'm really glad they made it. This movie has a really cool and unique aesthetic and it makes me happy that there are still people doing things like this. The old school style seemed to also match the WW2 era perfectly and it felt somehow immersive and I think as a kid would have made a major impression.

I thought the cast was awesome with one notable exception. David Bradley is awesome and I'm happy that he's getting all these fun roles these days. The Podesta was a great character. Hearing Ewan McGregor is always a treat.

However, the single most disgusting thing on earth is hearing a British child say the word "chocolates" and unfortunately it happened several times here. Pinocchio is just straight up annoying for most of the movie. I know that's kinda his character, but he was just so loud and insufferable.

Still, the main character being annoying wasn't enough to ruin it for me. Guillermo del Toro is usually too weird for me, but this was just weird enough. My favorite in this kind of movie is always stuff like, "you've created a living puppet, what an abomination! Well, I guess the only solution is to send him to school." Cool stuff.

The songs were fun, the ending was legitimately very nice. I would totally recommend it, but I think I won't really remember it a year from now (but who knows! Weird movies can stick in your brain!).